Summer is upon us. Sort of. As our weather drifts between summer tank-tops and sweaters, some of us are taking a hard look at the “stuff” lurking in closets, basements, storage units, and corners of our dwelling spaces. We Seattelites mix it up when dealing with our accumulations. …

The greenest housing is not only building with the latest gadgets for low energy consumption. It’s also recycling and wisely using our existing resources. (I marvel at the “go green!” ads that lure consumers into MORE and BETTER and just plain extra STUFF = More things that will end up in landfills is not actually green, is it?) It’s a great idea to replace or rework high-energy appliances that wear out… but tossing something because it isn’t the latest ‘green’ model makes little sense. We drive … …

Hail! A half inch of hail clatters onto our decks and lies there undisturbed, a mere thirty feet from a deluge of rain rattling the trees in the forest behind the house. Our roof is quiet while the rainstorm pounds the woods for another ten minutes. …

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